syncopated.

Monday, February 26, 2007
hawkward
what a horrid monday. i won't try to do anything like that again.

Adjust the aperture to focus on the negative
Like phosphors in the darkroom ignite
Like dodging faces in the corner of the print
Frame by frame this hole is opening up and we fall in
There is no such thing as whole
There is a hole in the world
feels awkward.

that cold, flamin' mountain (goes into a frenzy).

. . .

in other news. 'the destruction of small ideas' is coming out in april. 'systematic chaos' is scheduled for june. 'all of a sudden, i miss everyone' is... already out.



...karnataka, the reasoning, opeth, kino, mono, world's end girlfriend.

yup.

Strummed at 3:17 PM (x)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
bai nian

look who decided to drop in to bai nian this morning.


kept me fascinated (read: distracted) for a while.

Nature and Nature's laws
lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton Be! and
all was light.

Strummed at 11:52 AM (x)
Saturday, February 17, 2007
the flames beyond the cold mountain
cny is going to be a downer. on the heels of the last few good days.

let's see.

friday.

- collected a shirt from shu fen (result of a recent sponsorship).

- and a free 'aus sailing' mag. cuz there was a pic featuring brett and i shaking hands at the ag. for an article about the original WC. schweeet.

- went for a splash. tried to impart some gybing skills on acsi's laser fleet haha. good fun.

- got to preview the ag appreciation dinner video in the office while waiting for my ride home. featured seng leong's animated reaction after crossing the line. heh.
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever.
saturday.

- heard that 'hysteria' bassline booming next door when i got back to saraca for cny. dropped everything, went over to... contribute lead vocals for my neighbour's band! haha. i sang (or squealed, rather) radiohead's creep, karma police, goo goo dolls' big machine, rhcp's by the way.

- had a sudden revelation that i couldn't sing.

arrest this man. he talks in maths.

- gave my dad's triathlon bike a spin over to greg's house. sick carbon fibre shit.

- played some footy, followed by 1.5 hrs of ping pong vs. the backhand serve virtuoso.

- had a feast at my aunt's place. met lucy! that fat lovable feline.

- heard simon & gar... no wait. they're called kings of convenience. heard 'riot on an empty street' once through.

- realised that the mars volta actually went so far out of their way to write a catchy song. viscera eyes.

thus i conclude that cny won't hold much interest for me this year. (i imagine pple will be thinking twice about giving me money in red packets. but thats beside the point.)

oh, oh, oh, i
just wanna hold you.

restraint.

Strummed at 11:42 PM (x)
Thursday, February 15, 2007
a wolf at the door 



I sucked the moon
I spoke too soon
And how much did it cost?
I was dropped from moonbeams
And sailed on shooting stars

Maybe you'll
Be president
But know right from wrong
Or in the flood
You'll build an Ark
And sail us to the moon
Sail us to the moon
Sail to the moon

no alarms and
no surprises please.
keep the wolf from the door.

shivermatics.
f(life) = acceleration
f''(relationship) = commitment.

(sigh)*10^16.


while my guitar fuckmegently weeps.

Strummed at 8:31 PM (x)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
start something beautiful
we were having a conversation at sunday's reunion dinner table. about retaking papers, retaining.

da jiu: timothy how old are you?
timothy: you are 36 years older than me!
da jiu: really! so how old will i be when you're 50?
timothy: you'll be in heaven!

imagine the shock if you were told you needed to take an entrance exam to get admission into heaven. "you have before you, 50 mcq questions, 2 data response questions and 1 essay response question. you have 2 hours. you may begin."

q1. how many times have you lied?
a. 10 b. 1 000 c. 100 000 d. 10 000 000

erq. is god a woman? justify your answer.

aiya. school's tough. some casualties arising. hardly makes for good dinner conversation.

start something beautiful.

Strummed at 12:26 AM (x)
Friday, February 09, 2007
i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass

they refuse to conform to any rules.

nigel koh returns soon. in the meantime nigel sia aka lele has been wonderfully successful in entertaining us. his feeble attempts to keep a straight face while posing for yearbook photos, and feeble attempts at chinese new year decorations, which included flying pigs, satellites, submarines, toilet paper clouds, among other nonsense.

with classmates like these, who needs parties?

note: the sms is woefully inadequate for expressing emotion the way it's meant to be.

yo la tengo!

Strummed at 9:25 PM (x)
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
for the workforce, drowning.
understand.
passion.
God.
perspectives.
restraint.
connect.

renewal.
awake!

this is an old song. it's still great. i'll end this post here.

Falling from the top floor your lungs
fill like parachutes
the windows go rushing by.
the people inside they're
dressed for the funeral in black and white.
These ties strangle our necks,
hanging in the closet,
filed in the cubicle;
without a name, just numbers,
on the resume stored in the mainframe,
marked for delete.

save our ship
the anchor is part of the desk
we can't cut free,
the water is flooding the decks
the memos sent through the currents
computers spark like flares
i can see them.
they don't touch me, touch me.
please someone,
teach me how to swim.
please, don't let me drown,
please, don't let me drown.

Strummed at 10:34 PM (x)
Saturday, February 03, 2007
time takes it's damn time

Leaving his maiden
he rose to the sky
Returning in splendors
to earth he did fly
Subject to presence
too brilliant to face
Another had killed passion's grace

'philosophy of winning' with alex went very well in the end. walked out with a smile on my face. and then there's that other, contagious joy that the ice cappuccino brought.

hmmm. never have i seen so many zeroes before.

"as futile as

sweeping leaves in a
swirling breeze"

Strummed at 12:03 PM (x)
the artist.
colin cheng.
3/4.14, 5/6.6.
acsi (ib).
10/09/1989.
sailor.
concluding@gmail.com

his experiences.
intersch 2004
beijing oep 2006
bordeaux 4.7 worlds 2006
los angeles radial worlds 2006
doha asian games 2006
hobart jan 2007
muse concert jan 2007
holland radial worlds 2007

his aspirations.
weight for laser.
breeze. chase it.
cut down on mistakes.
get to know pple better.
understanding. respect.
a cat.
discipline. control.
contact lenses.

his peers.
acsailing
cai
choong
elaine
han sheng
john loh
xin ling

his inspirations.
65daysofstatic
the arcade fire
christopher o'riley
the cinematic orchestra
damien rice
dream theater
elliott smith
explosions in the sky
hiromi
isis
joe satriani
john petrucci
liquid tension experiment
mogwai
mono
my brightest diamond
oceansize
opeth
peter, paul and mary
radiohead
rodrigo y gabriela
sigur rós
simon & garfunkel
thursday
vienna teng
yo la tengo

his work.
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